Band 5.0 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.0 · Cambridge IELTS 14 · 2026-11-09

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The chart below shows the value of one country’s exports in various categories during 2015 and 2016. The table shows the percentage change in each category of exports in 2016 compared with 2015.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 5.0)

this bar chart graph illustrate that there are billions of export earning between 2015 and 2016. there are some variants of things like petrolium products, engineered goods, gems and jewellery, agricultural products, and textiles. But it varies between category like in 2015 petrolium products are in approximately on 60 billion but it increased in 3% on 2016 and there are engineered goods that hold on approximately on 57-58 billion dollqrs are now increased to 8.5% as well. there are only one product that is rapidly goes down and that is gems and jewellery it decreased to 5.18% in 2016 and that is a very huge decrement in this product . but there are two more categories like agricultural products that increment to 0.81%. it is minorily increased but increment is increment and it gives a some hoe profit. there is one product that is anoromusly increased is textiles that is totally increased to 15.24% in 2016. it is rapidly increased and has a huge impact on whole bar chart that is increased like no one did it.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

You identify the five export categories and report several relevant percentage changes, including the rise in textiles and the fall in gems and jewellery. However, the response focuses mainly on the table’s percentages rather than clearly summarising the chart’s export values. For example, petroleum earnings rose from about $61 billion to $63 billion, while engineered goods reached roughly $62 billion; these comparisons are not clearly stated. There is also no concise overview of the main pattern, such as petroleum products remaining the largest export and textiles showing the strongest growth. Some claims, including that the textiles rise had a “huge impact on whole bar chart,” are not supported by the data. A clearer overview and more accurate comparisons of values would make the response more complete.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 4.5

The response follows a broadly understandable sequence, moving through the categories and describing their changes. However, it is presented as one long paragraph, so the main overview and supporting details are not separated. Connections between ideas are often repetitive or awkward: “but there are two more categories” and “there is one product” do not clearly signal how the information relates. The repeated use of “increased” also makes the progression feel list-like rather than organised around the most important comparisons. Group the information into an introduction, an overview, and a paragraph comparing the categories, and use clear links such as “by contrast” for the decline in gems and jewellery.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use some task-relevant vocabulary, including “export,” “category,” “increased,” and “decreased,” and the reader can generally identify the trends you mean. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are inaccurate, which sometimes makes the meaning less clear. Phrases such as “minorily increased,” “a very huge decrement,” and “an enormous increased” are not natural ways to describe the figures. “Rapidly” and “huge impact” also overstate relatively modest changes or add unsupported emphasis. Spelling errors such as “petrolium” and “dollqrs” further reduce accuracy. Practise precise reporting language such as “rose slightly,” “recorded the largest increase,” and “fell by around five per cent.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

The response attempts to connect ideas in longer sentences, but these structures are often faulty, and simple sentence patterns dominate. For example, “this bar chart graph illustrate” has subject–verb agreement and article problems, while “there are engineered goods that hold on approximately” is difficult to interpret because the clause structure is unclear. Tense and verb-form control also need attention in phrases such as “one product that is rapidly goes down.” Missing or inconsistent punctuation makes the long sentences harder to follow. Build accuracy first with clear comparative sentences, such as “Petroleum exports rose from about $61 billion in 2015 to $63 billion in 2016.” Then practise combining these accurately using “while” or “whereas.”

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